About the Staff Reach Awards 2020/21
REACH (Recognising Excellence & Achievement in Combined Healthcare) celebrates our staff, service user representatives and carers over the past year.
The 2020 staff REACH Awards were postponed while the trust came together to tackle one of the biggest challenges the NHS has ever faced.
Seeing Combined Healthcare staff pull together and go above and beyond while facing so many pressures is truly inspirational and something to be celebrated. The 2020 awards were merged with 2021 for our first virtual REACH Awards.
The event gave us the opportunity to look back, take a moment to recognise outstanding accomplishments and shine a well-deserved spotlight on the positive outcomes of the year.
Winners
Diversity and Inclusion Award
Criteria
This award recognises the contribution of staff and volunteers who have made a positive difference in developing greater diversity and inclusion. This might be improving access and experience to services or employment for people in disadvantaged or minority groups, improving quality of life or quality of working life.
Winner:
Jenny Harvey, Chair of Staff Side
Highly Commended:
Amina Begum, Recruitment Administrator and BAME Network lead
Tes Zaheer, Personal Secretary Higher AMH
Leading with Compassion Award
Criteria
This award recognises a member of staff who values and develops people, sees them as individuals and encourages working together for better lives through an open and honest approach. It recognises an individual who has demonstrated compassionate leadership with patients, colleagues or their wider team.
Winner (joint winners):
Sarah Mountford, Team Leader
Richard Bagnall, Ward 4 Manager
Highly Commended:
Claire Booth, Home Treatment Team Manager
Dr Becky Chubb, Consultant Psychiatrist
Learner of the Year Award
Criteria
This award recognises and celebrates our learners and the contribution they make to Combined and its service users. This award is open to students, apprenticeships and anyone studying as part of their role across the trust.
Winner:
Jessica Fitzgerald, Consultant Nurse – Learning Disabilities
Highly Commended:
Abby O’Neill, Student Nurse
Harley James, Student Nurse
Partnership Award
Criteria
This award showcases how an individual or team can work in partnership to produce results to improve the lives of others. Successful individuals or teams will have broken down professional barriers across the trust and/or with partner organisations, leading to a positive impact on the experience of service users.
Winner (joint winners):
Community Triage Team
Staff Support & Counselling Service
Highly Commended:
Liz Mellor, Deputy Director of Operations
Matt Johnson, Head of Psychology
Sandra Storey, Associate Director of MACE
Proud to CARE Award
Criteria
This award recognises someone who exemplifies our Proud to CARE values: compassionate, approachable, responsible and excellent. Staff vote to decide the final winner from a shortlist.
Winner:
Rob Sillito, IPC Nurse/Reducing
Restrictive Practice Lead
Highly Commended:
Sarah Mountford, Team Leader
Jan Summerfield, Service Manager, Staff Support & Counselling Service
Research and Innovation Award
Criteria
This award recognises innovation or achievement in research and development or practice which has a positive impact on mental health care or improves quality or value for money services through innovative approaches.
Winner:
Kerri Mason and the Research and Innovation Team
Highly Commended:
Fit for Frailty in Mental Health
Dan Crick and The Digital Team
Matt Johnson/Staff Support and Counselling Service
Lyme Brook Adult Community Mental Health Team
Rising Star Award
Criteria
This award recognises emerging exceptional leaders who are exceeding expectations and making change happen. The award aims to recognise the influencers of today, and the senior leaders of tomorrow.
Winner (joint winners):
Amina Begum, Recruitment Administrator
Kim Stanyer, Senior Systems Manager
Highly Commended:
Rachael Birks, Senior Service Manager
Sarah Vincent, Workforce Business Partner
Service User and Carer Award Award
Criteria
Nominations can only be made by Service Users and Carers. This award values individual or teams who stand out from the crowd for being thoughtful, for listening and responding to our service users’ needs.
Winner:
Early Intervention Team
Highly Commended:
Jane Sheldon, North Stoke CAMHS
Team of the Year Award
Criteria
This award is given to a team which shows, through their actions and approaches, how they work together to improve the lives of others and demonstrate creative approaches to problem solving.
Winner:
Infection Prevention and Control Team
Highly Commended:
Facilities Team
Ward 4
Incident Management Group
Digital Team
Unsung Hero Award
Criteria
This award pays tribute to an individual who has exceeded the expectations of their role with an outstanding attitude and behaviour. Working behind the scenes, or in a supportive role, they have a positive attitude and, through their actions, help to make a difference to others.
Winner:
Andrea Hall, Corporate Finance Manager
Highly Commended:
Ben Boyd, Associate Director, Specialist Services
Chris McGinley, Head of Infection Prevention & Control and Physical Health
Tes Zaheer, Personal Secretary Higher AMH
Volunteer/Service User Representative of the Year Award
Criteria
This award pays tribute to someone who works to improve the lives of others. This award honours someone who has made an outstanding contribution to the patient or staff experience, from administrative support to customer care or fundraising.
Winner:
PEGiS (Parent Engagement Group in Stoke)
Highly Commended:
Andy Cresswell
Wendy Hanson
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